Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870-1920 /

Historian Sara Egge offers critical insights into the woman suffrage movement by exploring how it emerged in small Midwestern communities--in Clay County, Iowa; Lyon County, Minnesota; and Yankton County, South Dakota. Examining this grassroots activism offers a new approach that uncovers the sophis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Egge, Sara Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Iowa and the Midwest experience.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Citizenship > Middle West.
Women > Suffrage > Middle West.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Citizenship, community, and civic responsibility in the Midwest
  • 1. Hardship and bounty : building Midwestern communities
  • 2. Humble beginnings : how Midwestern women claimed civic activism
  • 3. Gender, citizenship, and the struggle to achieve woman suffrage, 1880-1900
  • 4. Woman suffrage as an obligation : civic responsibility and citizenship, 1900-1916
  • 5. Fighting for democracy : woman suffrage, loyalty, and World War I
  • Conclusion. Remembering woman suffrage : gender and Midwestern identity.

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